Over the years television has evolved from being a luxury to an absolute necessity. Initially TV was considered as the poor cousin of the big screen. Today that bias is the story of the past. Now, film stars are making a bee line to host shows on TV. Glaring instances being stars like Big B, SRK and Karan Johar. With the film stars lapping up the small screen, the big question is how it impacts the people who have been associated with television for a long time. Is it a threat or a harbinger of new possibilities? We spark the debate and capture some responses from select TV celebs!!

Barkha Bisht

I don't think it is a threat. On the contrary, it just shows how powerful a medium television is considered. If you talk about SRKs new show, since there was nobody in the tellydom to have matched the footprints of Big B, SRK was the apt choice. Now, this is not a threat but an acknowledgement of the power of the small screen.

Maanav Gohil

I guess it is a great development that film stars are coming on to the small screen. It has blurred the old lines of thought when television and films used to be seen as different mediums with little in common. The current trend of film stars doing TV shows would surely help the TV industry evolve into a bigger phenomenon. Like the way small screen has evolved in the West.

Neena Gupta

I don't accept that film stars are a threat to the TV actors. At the same time I won't say that they are adding to the popularity of the medium. The popularity of TV depends on its content and not on who is associated with the show. The content is the real hero, whether or not you have a film star.

Gaurav Chopra

There is nobody in the television industry who matches the fan following of the film stars. I think most of the TV actors have an average appeal. So, when film stars make an entry into television they make it more glamorous than it actually is. In fact TV has managed a lot of popularity owing to the film stars; otherwise it would have been an average medium.

Deepshikha

It is a welcome gesture. Not only does it empower the credibility of the TV medium, but also adds a lot of star quotient to it. Moreover since television is the medium that has an easy access into our drawing rooms, everbody wants to connect with the audiences through this medium. And film stars being no exception.